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Conspiracy Against Nehemiah

¹Now it happened ⚓when Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall, and that there were no breaks left in it ⚓(though at that time I had not hung the doors in the gates), ²that Sanballat and Geshem ⚓sent to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together among the villages in the plain of ⚓Ono.” But they ⚓thought to do me harm.
³So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?”
⁴But they sent me this message four times, and I answered them in the same manner.
⁵Then Sanballat sent his servant to me as before, the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand. ⁶In it was written:
It is reported among the nations, and Geshem says, that you and the Jews plan to rebel; therefore, according to these rumors, you are rebuilding the wall, ⚓that you may be their king. ⁷And you have also appointed prophets to proclaim concerning you at Jerusalem, saying, “There is a king in Judah!” Now these matters will be reported to the king. So come, therefore, and let us consult together.
⁸Then I sent to him, saying, “No such things as you say are being done, but you invent them in your own heart.”
⁹For they all were trying to make us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will not be done.”
Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
¹⁰Afterward I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was a secret informer; and he said, “Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you; indeed, at night they will come to kill you.”
¹¹And I said, “Should such a man as I flee? And who is there such as I who would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in!” ¹²Then I perceived that God had not sent him at all, but that ⚓he pronounced this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. ¹³For this reason he was hired, that I should be afraid and act that way and sin, so that they might have cause for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
¹⁴⚓My God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat, according to these their works, and the ⚓prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who would have made me afraid.

The Wall Completed

¹⁵So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days. ¹⁶And it happened, ⚓when all our enemies heard of it, and all the nations around us saw these things, that they were very disheartened in their own eyes; for ⚓they perceived that this work was done by our God.
¹⁷Also in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came to them. ¹⁸For many in Judah were pledged to him, because he was the ⚓son-in-law of Shechaniah the son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of ⚓Meshullam the son of Berechiah. ¹⁹Also they reported his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to frighten me.

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Hơdră Jơlan Pơkơdơ̆ng Glaĭ Hăng Nehemyah

¹Sanballat, Tôbiah, Gesem mơnuih Arab laih anŭn abih bang ƀing rŏh ayăt ta pơkŏn hơmư̆ laih ƀing ta hơmâo pơdơ̆ng glaĭ giŏng laih pơnăng plei laih anŭn ƀu hơmâo anih hŏng dơ̆ng tah ƀơi pơnăng anŭn, samơ̆ hlak anŭn ƀing ta aka pơdơ̆ng đĭ ôh hơdôm bah amăng ƀơi amăng ja̱ng. ²Tui anŭn, Sanballat laih anŭn Gesem mơit rai kơ kâo sa tơlơi pơthâo kiăng kơ kâo nao bưp hăng ƀing gơñu ƀơi sa boh plei amăng khul plei pla amăng tơdron tơhnă̱ Ônô. Anai jing sa mơneč gơñu kiăng kơ ngă sat kơ kâo yơh. ³Tui anŭn, kâo pơkiaŏ ƀing ding kơna nao laĭ kơ ƀing gơñu tui anai, “Kâo hlak ngă bruă yom pơphan biă mă, hiư̆m kâo dưi lui hĭ bruă anai kiăng kơ trŭn nao bưp ƀing gih pơ anih anŭn lĕ? Kâo ƀu dưi lui hĭ bruă anai kiăng kơ nao bưp ƀing gih ôh.”
⁴Pă̱ wơ̆t mơtam ƀing gơñu mơit rai kơ kâo tơlơi laĭ pơthâo hrup hăng anŭn, samơ̆ rĭm wơ̆t kâo hơngah ƀu kiăng bưp ôh laih anŭn laĭ glaĭ kơ ƀing gơñu hrup hăng kâo laĭ glaĭ hlâo soh sel.
⁵Giŏng anŭn, Sanballat pơkiaŏ rai sa čô amăng ƀing ding kơna ñu pơ kâo wơ̆t hăng tơlơi laĭ pơthâo tal rơma. Hră anai ñu mơit rai samơ̆ ñu ƀu klŏp kơđŏm hĭ ôh. ⁶Amăng hră anŭn čih tui anai:
“Gesem ră ruai kơ kâo tơlơi anai hing hyu djŏp djang amăng lu lŏn čar tui anai: Ih laih anŭn ƀing ană plei Yehudi gir kiăng kơ tơgŭ pơkơdơ̆ng glaĭ hăng pơtao prŏng yơh tơl ƀing gih ma̱n pơdơ̆ng đĭ pơnăng plei. Hloh kơ anŭn dơ̆ng, tơlơi hing hyu anŭn ăt laĭ tui anai dơ̆ng mơ̆n: Ih kiăng kơ pơjing ih pô jing pơtao. ⁷Laih anŭn, ih ăt hơmâo ruah lui laih ƀing pô pơala kiăng kơ pơhaih hơmâo sa čô pơtao amăng plei Yerusalaim, anih lŏn Yudah. Sĭt pơtao prŏng či hơmư̆ kơ tơlơi anai yơh, tui anŭn kâo kiăng kơ ih rai bĕ, brơi kơ ƀing ta pơhiăp pơruai hăng tơdruă kơ tơlơi anai.”
⁸Kâo mơit kơ ñu tơlơi laĭ glaĭ tui anai, “Ƀu hơmâo tơlơi hơget ôh amăng tơlơi ih pơhiăp anŭn jing sĭt. Ih kơnơ̆ng pơčeh mă tơlơi pơhiăp anai ih pô đôč yơh.”
⁹Abih bang ƀing gơñu gir kiăng pơhuĭ hĭ ƀing ta kiăng kơ ƀing ta lui hĭ bruă ma̱n pơdơ̆ng glaĭ anŭn. Samơ̆ kâo iâu laĭ, “Ơ Ơi Adai ăh, ră anai rơkâo kơ Ih pơkơtang brơi kơ kâo đa bĕ!”
¹⁰Tơdơi kơ anŭn, kâo nao čuă ngui Semayah, jing ană đah rơkơi Delayah tơčô Mehêtabêl, jing pô ƀu dưi tơbiă gah rơngiao kơ sang ñu pô ôh. Ñu laĭ hăng kâo tui anai, “Brơi dua ta khŏm nao đuaĭ kơdŏp bĕ pơ anih Rơgoh Hiam amăng Sang Yang Ơi Adai laih anŭn krư̆ kăl hĭ abih bang bah amăng Sang Yang, yuakơ ƀing rŏh ayăt hlak rai kiăng pơdjai hĭ ih. Čơdơ̆ng mơ̆ng ră anai, tơdang mlam yơh ƀing gơñu či rai kiăng pơdjai hĭ ih.”
¹¹Samơ̆ kâo laĭ glaĭ, “Kâo ƀu djơ̆ jing sa čô mơnuih lê̱l đuaĭ kơdŏp ôh. Ih pơmĭn kâo či gir đuaĭ kơdŏp amăng Sang Yang kiăng kơ pơklaih hĭ tơlơi hơdip kâo pô hă? Kâo ƀu či ngă tui hăng anŭn ôh!”
¹²Tơdang kâo pơmĭn kơ tơlơi anŭn, kâo thâo krăn Ơi Adai ƀu hơmâo pơhiăp hăng Semayah ôh, samơ̆ ñu laĭ lui hlâo pơkơđiăng brơi kơ kâo anŭn yuakơ Tôbiah yơh wơ̆t hăng Sanballat hơmâo apăh laih ñu. ¹³Ƀing gơñu apăh Semayah kiăng kơ pơhuĭ kâo tui anŭn ƀing gơñu či pơgŏ̱ kâo ngă soh yơh tơdah kâo đuaĭ kơdŏp pơ Sang Yang. Giŏng anŭn, ƀing gơñu či pơrăm hĭ kơnuih bruă hiam kâo laih anŭn kiăng pơmlâo hĭ kâo yơh.
¹⁴Kâo iâu laĭ tui anai, “Ơ Ơi Adai ăh, rơkâo kơ Ih anăm wơr bĭt hĭ ôh Tôbiah hăng Sanballat laih anŭn pơkơhma̱l hĭ ƀing gơñu bĕ yuakơ hơget tơlơi ƀing gơñu hơmâo ngă laih. Laih anŭn rơkâo kơ Ih anăm wơr bĭt hĭ lơi kơ tơlơi pô pơala HʼNoadiah sat anŭn wơ̆t hăng abih bang pô pơala pơkŏn jing ƀing hơmâo gir ngă laih kiăng kơ pơhuĭ hĭ kâo.”

Tơlơi Pơgiŏng Hĭ Pơnăng Plei

¹⁵Tơdơi kơ rơmapluh-dua hrơi mă bruă, ƀing ta hơmâo pơgiŏng hĭ laih pơnăng plei ƀơi hrơi tal duapluh-rơma blan Elul.⚓ ¹⁶Tơdang abih bang ƀing rŏh ayăt amăng lu lŏn čar ju̱m dar ta hơmư̆ kơ tơlơi anai, ƀing gơñu huĭ hyưt hăng mlâo biă mă yơh, yuakơ abih bang mơnuih thâo krăn Ơi Adai hơmâo djru laih ƀing ta kiăng pơgiŏng hĭ bruă anai yơh.
¹⁷Tơdang amăng hơdôm hrơi anŭn, ƀing khua djă̱ akŏ ƀing Yehudi ăt dŏ mơit nao rai mơ̆n tơlơi laĭ pơthâo hăng Tôbiah. ¹⁸Hơmâo lu mơnuih amăng ƀing Yehudi ƀuăn rơ̆ng đuaĭ tui Tôbiah, yuakơ tơhmua Tôbiah jing ƀing Yehudi anăn ñu Sekhanyah, ană đah rơkơi Arah. Hloh kơ anŭn dơ̆ng, ană đah rơkơi Tôbiah jing Yêhôhanan dŏ kơ sa čô ană đah kơmơi ƀing Yehudi mơ̆n, laih anŭn pô đah kơmơi anai jing ană Mesullam, jing ană đah rơkơi Berekyah. ¹⁹Ƀing ană plei ăt ruai glaĭ hăng kâo kơ hơdôm bruă hiam Tôbiah hơmâo ngă laih, laih anŭn ƀing gơñu ăt ruai glaĭ kơ Tôbiah hơget tơlơi kâo pơhiăp laih mơ̆n. Tôbiah ăt dŏ mơit rai nanao hră ñu mơ̆n kiăng kơ pơhuĭ hĭ kâo.